(Informed Comment) – Is a candidate a centrist? This question matters because many voters like to think of themselves as moderates or centrists. Other voters, not heavily engaged in the political process, are responsive to labels. Therefore the candidate who captures the label in the eyes of the corporate media has a leg up. But […]
The Politics of the Local Weather Broadcast: Call your Station and Demand News of Climate Crisis
(Informed Comment) – Many of us rely on daily reports, often presented by local TV weatherpersons, to get through our daily routines. How do I dress, do I need to take an umbrella to work, must I come home early to avoid the snowstorm? These professionals have a difficult job. Their predictions are generally correct […]
Trump’s Dismantling of our Government: Deregulating our Way to Disaster
(Informed Comment) – While Trump’s xenophobic and protectionist agenda, thankfully often blocked by the courts, has received the lion’s share of media attention, his henchmen have enacted a whole series of game changing initiatives in the area of federal regulation. Deregulating such domestic concerns as transportation, occupational health and safety, the environment is hardly new. […]
How Neoliberalism & Privatization are Driving our Crises, from Guatemala to Moscow
To the corporate media, history goes back only as far as yesterday. Thus the media portray the chaos and violence in Central America as though this is just a case of stuff happens. Or all of a sudden millions decided to come north in search of a better life. And these exculpatory views survived even […]
Dems must Step Up: Trumpism requires Impeachment and Confrontation
We are being confronted in the United States with a major political party that embraces tactics of earlier fascist parties
“Free” Markets and the Attack on Democracy
The neoliberal deification of markets has many parents.
Nuclear Brinkmanship is Back: Why We need a New Peace Movement
How do you convince current or potential adversaries that in the event of nuclear attack you will respond in kind?
Resetting the Nuclear Doomsday Clock
In addition to the mini-nukes to be loaded onto missiles on nuclear subs, Trump is also advocating a modernized anti missile defense system
Labor Strikes, once Blunted by GOP and Corporations, are Back and Shaping Public Policy
The teachers strikes have been focused on demands that have a major impact on the quality of classroom instruction
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